The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACONWrite down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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